dc.description.abstract | Despite significant efforts to address food security and nutrition issues globally, food shortages,
climate shocks, a deepening economic crisis, insecurity and insufficient agricultural production
at household level have kept levels of hunger and acute malnutrition alarmingly high. As the
majority of South Sudanese have agriculture-based livelihoods which cannot be maintained once
displaced, these communities become extremely vulnerable. This study therefore sought to
establish the factors influencing delivery of humanitarian assistance programme: the case of
Food and Agriculture Organization in South Sudan Bor County Jonglei State. The research was
conducted in Bor County which is one among eleven counties of former Jonglei state in Republic
of South Sudan. The study specifically focused on the extent to which conflict management,
level of education, flood management, long period of famine and road infrastructure influence
delivery of humanitarian assistance programme. This study used descriptive survey research
design. The target population for this study was 370 comprising of the Food and Agriculture
Organization programme staff and beneficiaries comprising of programme managers,
programme committee members, field officers and community leaders. The sample size for this
study is 296 determined using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table of sampling. Stratified sampling
methods were used for the selection of the study respondents. Self-administered questionnaires
were employed to get primary data. The questionnaire was administered using a drop and pick
later method to the sampled respondents. Before processing the responses, data preparation was
done on the completed questionnaires by editing, coding, entering and cleaning the data. The
quantitative data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency,
percentages, mean and standard deviation. Data analysis was done with help of software
programme SPSS version 25.0. Content analysis was used in processing of qualitative data from
open ended questions and results presented in prose form. The results were presented using
tables. The study found that conflict management (composite mean =3.539, sub-composite
standard deviation=0.726), level of education (composite mean=3.587, composite standard
deviation =0.749), and flood management (composite mean =3.741, composite standard
deviation = 0.750) influenced food and agriculture organization in delivery humanitarian
assistance programme in South Sudan to a great extent.The study also found that long period of
famine (composite mean=3.375, composite standard deviations =0.739); and road infrastructure
(composite mean =3.452, composite standard deviation = 0.714) influenced delivery of
humanitarian assistance programme in South Sudan to a moderate extent.The research also found
that the delivery of humanitarian assistance programme by food and agriculture organization had
been constant for the last five years (composite mean =3.361, composite standard deviation of
0.737). The study concluded that conflict management had the greatest influence on Delivery of
humanitarian assistance programme in South Sudan followed by level of education, then road
infrastructure, then long period of famine while flood management had the least influence on the
Delivery of humanitarian assistance programme in South Sudan. The study recommends that
academic qualification should be the key determinant of the job designation, responsibilities and
tasks given since the more one is academically qualified, the more responsibilities and complex
the tasks assigned. The communities should adopt some form of coping mechanism to reduce the
effects of the flooding in their area. The government should formulate a good road infrastructure
policy that will enhance the delivery of humanitarian assistance. | en_US |